Chile earthquakes

M4.0 earthquake 87 km WNW of Iquique, Chile

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake struck 87 km WNW of Iquique, Chile on Sat, Mar 22, 2014, 3:08 PM GMT-3 (18:08 UTC), 18 km (11 mi) below the surface.

A larger quake followed: M8.2 93 km NW of Iquique, Chile. This one was a foreshock.

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The earthquake

Magnitude
4.0 (Mwr, regional moment), light
Magnitude from
USGS National Earthquake Information Center
Local time
UTC
2014-03-22 18:08:49 UTC
Depth
17.5 km (10.9 mi), shallow
Epicenter
19.781° S, 70.849° W
Region
Chile
Tsunami flag
No
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

Did you feel it?

No one has reported feeling this quake to the USGS.

Fault motion and ground failure

How the rock slipped, from the moment tensor, and the USGS estimate of landslides and liquefaction.

Faulting
Normal
Moment magnitude
4.0 Mwr
Nodal plane 1
Strike 337°, dip 78°, rake -81°
Nodal plane 2
Strike 118°, dip 15°, rake -128°

How well it is located

Reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude uncertainty
±0.06
Depth from
FROM_LOCATION
Station coverage gap
116°
Stations used
34

Nearest places

Distance and direction from each place to the epicenter, with its forecast.

Nearby

Within 100 km, magnitude 1.5 and up: at least 199 in the 60 days after this one and 97 in the 30 days before it.

After

  1. 4.089 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 19 km deep · 4 km away
  2. 5.0106 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 21 km deep · 19 km away
  3. 4.0103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 19 km deep · 16 km away
  4. 4.0114 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 16 km deep · 27 km away
  5. 4.386 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 21 km deep · 4 km away
  6. 4.3103 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 17 km deep · 17 km away
  7. 4.0113 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 12 km deep · 26 km away
  8. 6.393 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 21 km deep · 10 km away · felt by 13
  9. 4.087 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 21 km deep · 8 km away
  10. 4.497 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 18 km deep · 10 km away
  11. 4.180 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 21 km deep · 11 km away
  12. 5.183 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 17 km deep · 11 km away
  13. 4.0105 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 10 km deep · 19 km away
  14. 4.680 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 28 km deep · 16 km away
  15. 5.179 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 23 km deep · 7 km away
  16. 4.098 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 17 km deep · 13 km away
  17. 4.473 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 21 km deep · 21 km away
  18. 4.091 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  19. 4.186 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 10 km deep · 2 km away
  20. 4.3Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4576 days ago · 18 km deep · 23 km away
  21. 4.583 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away
  22. 4.188 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4576 days ago · 19 km deep · 15 km away
  23. 5.777 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 22 km deep · 10 km away
  24. 5.2Near the coast of Tarapaca, Chile · 4575 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away
  25. 4.797 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 20 km deep · 25 km away
  26. 5.687 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 15 km deep · 6 km away
  27. 4.586 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 22 km deep · 11 km away
  28. 4.1114 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 20 km deep · 28 km away
  29. 5.083 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 18 km deep · 4 km away
  30. 4.483 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 15 km deep · 17 km away
  31. 4.184 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 16 km deep · 4 km away
  32. 4.096 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
  33. 5.798 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 17 km deep · 21 km away · felt by 3
  34. 4.888 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 30 km deep · 24 km away
  35. 4.898 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 10 km deep · 17 km away
  36. 4.097 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 16 km deep · 14 km away
  37. 4.293 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 27 km deep · 19 km away
  38. 4.6101 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 20 km deep · 20 km away
  39. 5.091 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 22 km deep · 22 km away
  40. 4.188 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 28 km deep · 22 km away
  41. 3.8100 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 17 km deep · 23 km away
  42. 4.190 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 23 km deep · 20 km away
  43. 4.092 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 30 km deep · 21 km away
  44. 4.694 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 25 km deep · 22 km away
  45. 5.284 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 15 km deep · 3 km away
  46. 4.587 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 22 km deep · 13 km away
  47. 4.2109 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 23 km deep · 30 km away
  48. 4.392 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4575 days ago · 24 km deep · 15 km away
  49. 4.387 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 21 km deep · 7 km away
  50. 4.097 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4574 days ago · 23 km deep · 19 km away
  51. 4.289 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 22 km deep · 7 km away
  52. 4.283 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4573 days ago · 10 km deep · 32 km away
  53. 4.290 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 24 km deep · 7 km away
  54. 4.170 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 5 km deep · 29 km away
  55. 3.995 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4571 days ago · 16 km deep · 20 km away
  56. 3.974 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 10 km deep · 27 km away
  57. 4.060 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 13 km deep · 40 km away
  58. 4.590 km NW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 22 km deep · 8 km away
  59. 4.694 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 11 km deep · 30 km away
  60. 4.289 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4570 days ago · 13 km deep · 22 km away

The first 60 of at least 199.

Before

  1. 4.1108 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 11 km deep · 21 km away
  2. 4.1101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 17 km deep · 14 km away
  3. 3.998 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 16 km deep · 13 km away
  4. 3.990 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 22 km deep · 3 km away
  5. 4.8109 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 15 km deep · 22 km away
  6. 4.4101 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 16 km deep · 15 km away
  7. 4.0122 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 10 km deep · 49 km away
  8. 4.683 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 28 km deep · 43 km away
  9. 4.683 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 22 km deep · 4 km away
  10. 4.689 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 17 km deep · 6 km away
  11. 4.097 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 10 km deep · 12 km away
  12. 4.992 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 10 km deep · 7 km away
  13. 5.6100 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 17 km deep · 13 km away
  14. 4.5100 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 42 km deep · 17 km away
  15. 4.680 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 10 km deep · 13 km away
  16. 5.290 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 24 km deep · 3 km away
  17. 6.290 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4577 days ago · 20 km deep · 3 km away · felt by 18
  18. 4.080 km WNW of Iquique, Chile · 4580 days ago · 21 km deep · 12 km away
  19. 4.267 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 10 km deep · 42 km away
  20. 3.972 km W of Iquique, Chile · 4581 days ago · 13 km deep · 36 km away

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